سُوْرَةُ نُوْحٍ
Surah Nooh (71) — Ayah 21
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا ﴿21﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Nûh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but loss.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
Said
نُوحٌۭ
nūḥun
Nuh
رَّبِّ
rabbi
My Lord
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed, they
عَصَوْنِى
ʿaṣawnī
disobeyed me
وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟
wa-ittabaʿū
and followed
مَن
man
(the one) who
لَّمْ
lam
(did) not
يَزِدْهُ
yazid'hu
increase him
مَالُهُۥ
māluhu
his wealth
وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ
wawaladuhu
and his children
إِلَّا
illā
except
خَسَارًۭا
khasāran
(in) loss
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 21) {قَالَ نُوْحٌ رَّبِّ اِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِيْ … :} This is the second complaint of Noah (peace be upon him): O my Lord! They did not listen to me and followed those chiefs and wealthy ones whom You granted wealth and children, but that wealth and children became a cause of even greater loss for them instead of benefiting them, because it was due to the pride of this wealth and children that they rejected the truth, and by presenting this wealth and children as a sign of Allah’s pleasure, they misled the people, and by spending this wealth, they turned people away from the path of Allah. From this, it is understood that whatever wealth, children, or blessings the disbelievers receive in this world are in reality a means of punishment for them, because through this they adopt even more heedlessness and rebellion and become fuel for Hell.
